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News and Events

Springer News

News for 2025 will appear here shortly

Newsletter submissions to - Sandy Waldon

07583 346976 ¦ newsletter@essw.co.uk

Events

Annual General Meeting

The AGM was held on Saturday May 17th 2025 at Premier Meetings Winchester SO23 0RS at 1pm.

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About Us

Caring for English Springers since 1990. Charity No. 1154632

Our area coordinators cover the South of England and parts of Wales below an imaginary line drawn across from Mid Wales to the Ipswich area.

We have the potential to operate throughout Great Britain but often our work is limited to areas we have helpers and coordinators. A list of key personnel can be found on the contacts page. If you have a dog that you would like us to consider for rehoming please go to our rehoming page and complete the applicable form, fill it in and return it to your local coordinator. All dogs coming in to the care of ESSW for re homing that have an unknown vaccination history are given a titer test to avoid unnecessary vaccinations they are also fed a raw food diet, please see the Canine Health Concern website on our Partners page under Canine Retailers and Services for more information.

Patrons

Lord Astor of Hever DL

Jay Postones

Jenny Seagrove

Vicky Payne BVetMed MRCVS

Isobel McGlashon

Jackie Meager

Archie Norman

Who We Are

English Springer Spaniel Welfare is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, formed in 1990 and recognised by the Kennel Club as a breed specific welfare and rescue organisation. ESSW is run by volunteers and although we do not profess to be experts we have many years experience within the breed, both in working and showing these wonderful dogs. Working throughout the South of England with Area Coordinators covering the counties below the English Midlands and the Southern counties of Wales. Our aims and objectives are to support the prevention of maltreatment and cruelty to English Springer Spaniels and in particular to encourage responsible ownership. To find suitable homes for Springers whos owners are unable to re home them themselves. To give advice to ESS owners having problems coping with their dogs. To raise funds through donations, subscriptions and fund raising events to cover our costs. To encourage responsible practices in the breeding of the ESS.

What We Do

We operate within Great Britain and our aims and objectives are: To support the prevention of maltreatment and cruelty to English Springers and in particular encourage responsible ownership. To find suitable new forever homes for English Springers whose owners are unable to rehome them themselves. To give advice to ESS owners having problems coping with their dogs. To raise funds through donations, subscriptions and fund-raising events to cover our costs. To encourage responsible practices in the breeding of English Springers.

Fact sheet about ESSW

PDF About ESSW

Fact sheet about Springers

PDF Springers

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Helping Us

All charities rely on a generous public to enable them to continue their vital work. Ours is no different. The dogs that come into our care sometimes need medical treatment, neutering or vaccination. They may have to be kennelled or go into temporary foster care. They may have to be transported from one county to another. There are also administration costs such as telephone, postage and stationery. It costs the charity an average £238 to rehome one of the over 200 dogs that we place every year. Please have a look at the information below to see how you can help.

Become a Member

The Friends of ESSW would love to welcome you as a new joiner for this year. Membership of the Friends only costs £12 for the year (Jan to Dec).All of our Friends receive 2 packed newsletters (Springboard) a year and have the satisfaction of knowing that they are supporting the important work that we do.

Pay for membership via PayPal

Membership forms can be downloaded here

Word Membership

PDF Membership

Application to be a Helper

Word Helper

PDF Helper

Fundraising

As with all charities, English Springer Spaniel Welfare are reliant on our members and supporters helping us out with fundraising ideas.If you can hold a coffee morning, a charity hair cut or grooming day, or a sponsored walk on our behalf let us know about it and we can help publicise it for you by listing it here.

Text Donations to ESSW

You can now text donations to ESSW! Thanks to Vodafone working with Just Giving it is now as simple as sending a text message to donate anything from £1 to £10 in an instant!

Simply text 'ESSW11' followed by your chosen donation, £1-£10 to 70070. You even get the opportunity to gift aid your donation, making it worth 25% more! Get texting!

Legacies

Legacies are always welcome.Please arrange these with your solicitor or legal adviser and notify our secretary

general-secretary@essw.co.uk

Donations

Donations can be made via the online button below or by cheque to our Treasurer. Do remember to accompany any cheque with a completed membership and/or gift aid form.

treasurer@essw.co.uk

Direct Debit forms can be downloaded here

Word Direct Debit

PDF Direct Debit

Fostering & Kennelling

Become a Fosterer for one of our dogs while we seek a new permanent adopter. Please contact our National Coordinator.

natcoord@essw.co.uk

You can also become a helper for one of our coordinators and be trained to do home and dog assessments.

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Rehoming

An English Springer Spaniel is a wonderful friend and companion. However before making the decision to rehome a dog there are certain issues that you may like to consider. An application form to rehome an English Springer Spaniel can be found on our Downloads page

Before you Contact Us

Important things to remember when contacting us about re homing a dog.

*We are a team of volunteers, we having busy working and family lives, but we aim to respond to phone calls and emails within 48 hours, if at all possible. If there is no response after that time please consider that we could be on holiday, unwell or committed elsewhere. Please leave a clear message briefly explaining the reason for your call. If urgent then please contact the National Coordinator.

* Dogs are carefully matched as best as possible to new owners, if we feel you are not going to be suitable, please don't take it to heart that you have been turned down for a dog you feel would be suitable for. The coordinator responsible for the dog and its foster carer are the best judge of what would be a suitable home. The aim is to ensure we get it right for all concerned the first time around, having to return a dog for whatever reason often sets the dog back a step and means further work and trust is required to enable a second re homing to be more successful. There will eventually be a good match for both dog and new owner, so please be patient with us.

*If you are asked to visit a dog outside of your coordinator area please understand that should for any reason the dog not be suitable you will be asked to return the dog from where it came from. The foster carer we used for that particular dog will be familiar with it and vice versa.

*If you are interested in re homing a dog from us you will be asked to complete our re homing application form, once the completed form has been returned to your nearest coordinator, they will then arrange at a mutually convenient time your home assessment. After the home assessment, if approved, your details will be added to our secure data base where only our team can access and discuss your requirements between themselves before offering you the chance to view a dog. Donations will be expected at the time of re homing. No dog will be allowed to leave for its new home without a donation being given. ESSW's total expenditure for dogs re homed in 2023 was £450 per dog, please consider a minimum donation of at least £350 at the time of re homing.

*Home assessments cost us time and money, please only apply to re home a dog if you are fully committed and please always tell us if you have re homed a dog from another source.

Application for a Dog form

Word Application for a Dog

PDF Application for a Dog

Dog for Rehoming form

Word Dog for Rehoming

PDF Dog for Rehoming

What if it Goes Wrong?

We are here to help and give advice and guidance with any problems that may crop up at any time. Our 'Helping Hand' leaflet deals with some of the more obvious but there may be other problems that you might need to discuss with us. If all fails the dog must be returned to our care. You will be pleased to know most welfare dogs settle happily first time around!

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Meet our Dogs

Available | Reserved | Rehomed

Judy

Hi, my name is Judy and I am a 2 year old female Springer Spaniel.

See my video click here

Location: Norfolk

Neutered: Yes

Microchipped: Yes

Tail: Long

People Status

Nervous, needs to get to know people at her own pace -so she needs to be ignored by strangers! Now in foster for several weeks, she completely trusts her foster carers and is a happy, cheeky, playful, lively girl.

Dog Status

Nervous again. Will not initiate contact and will sniff if they get close. She is living with two in foster and tries to make them play. She will need a confident (and playful) doggy companion in her new home

Cat Status

Good.

Handling (Grooming)

Loves being brushed.

Training

Just the basics, fosterer has started to let her off lead and her recall is mostly good...she does have some prey drive. So, work in progress..

Travel

Good.

Home Alone

Exhibits some separation anxiety when main carer is in the house ( sleeps in the bedroom) but has been left for up to 3 hours with the resident dogs for company and has been fine.

House Training

Good.

Health

Good.

Summary

New Owners: Must be calm and confident and allow her to do things at her own pace. An understanding of body language both dog and human would be helpful. Must have another confident dog or dogs who will be a good role model and playmate. New owners will need to be firm and reward confident behaviour.

Other Comments: A quiet home without too many comings and goings is important. Patient owners who will give her the time and space to relax are a must. She will bark when visitors come to the house, bark if they move around...... all because she is scared. This is improving but will need continued training.

For more information please contact my area coordinator:

Rebecca Downie rebecca@essw.co.uk

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News and Events

Springer News

News for 2025 will appear here shortly

Newsletter submissions to - Sandy Waldon

Events

Annual General Meeting

The AGM was held on Saturday May 17th 2025 at Premier Meetings Winchester SO23 0RS at 1pm.

About Us

Caring for English Springers since 1990. Charity No. 1154632

Our area coordinators cover the South of England and parts of Wales below an imaginary line drawn across from Mid Wales to the Ipswich area.

Patrons

Lord Astor of Hever DL

Jay Postones

Jenny Seagrove

Vicky Payne BVetMed MRCVS

Isobel McGlashon

Jackie Meager

Archie Norman

Who We Are

What We Do

Committee

Hon Chairman: Glynis Barnet

National Coordinator: Sandy Waldon

Treasurer: Claudia Dickson

Secretary: Isobel McGlashon

Membership Secretary: Julie Moore

Area Coordinators

Cornwall

North East - Sandy Waldon

Mid and South East - Julie Moore

Devon

North - Sandy Waldon

South West - Julie Moore

Dorset

Sandy Waldon

Essex

Rebecca Downie

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire - Kim Pulham

South West Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean - Sandy Waldon

Oxfordshire

Kim Pulham

Somerset

Sandy Waldon

Suffolk and South East Norfolk

Rebecca Downie

Wiltshire

Kim Pulham

Areas Without a Coordinator

Sandy Waldon

Admin Team

Seasonal Art Creator

Isobel McGlashon

Web Design/Management

Andy Hayers

Newsletter Editor

Sandy Waldon

Helping Us

Become a Member

Pay for membership via PayPal

Fundraising

Text Donations to ESSW

You can now text donations to ESSW! Thanks to Vodafone working with Just Giving it is now as simple as sending a text message to donate anything from £1 to £10 in an instant!

Simply text 'ESSW11' followed by your chosen donation, £1-£10 to 70070. You even get the opportunity to gift aid your donation, making it worth 25% more! Get texting!

Legacies

Legacies are always welcome.Please arrange these with your solicitor or legal adviser and notify our secretary

Donations

Donations can be made via the online button below or by cheque to our Treasurer. Do remember to accompany any cheque with a completed membership and/or gift aid form.

Fostering & Kennelling

Become a Fosterer for one of our dogs while we seek a new permanent adopter. Please contact our National Coordinator.

You can also become a helper for one of our coordinators and be trained to do home and dog assessments.

Rehoming

An English Springer Spaniel is a wonderful friend and companion. However before making the decision to rehome a dog there are certain issues that you may like to consider. An application form to rehome an English Springer Spaniel can be found on our Downloads page

Before you Contact Us

Important things to remember when contacting us about re homing a dog.

*If you are asked to visit a dog outside of your coordinator area please understand that should for any reason the dog not be suitable you will be asked to return the dog from where it came from. The foster carer we used for that particular dog will be familiar with it and vice versa.

*Home assessments cost us time and money, please only apply to re home a dog if you are fully committed and please always tell us if you have re homed a dog from another source.

What if it Goes Wrong?

Meet our Dogs

Available | Reserved | Rehomed